crops
noun · verb
Form of crop , plural of crop.
Simple meaning
A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
krahpsIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹɑps
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
plural of cropagriculture
A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
plural of crop
The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
plural of crop
A collection of people or things appearing together
verb
third-person singular of crop
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
third-person singular of crop
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
third-person singular of crop
Cut short
third-person singular of crop
Yield crops
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This meaning: (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
Used this way, crops is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
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Inflected forms
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The yield from plants in a single growing season.
Related words
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The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft).
The failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus.
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